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PARKER v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. 49.

338 U.S. 327 (1949)

70 S.Ct. 161

94 L.Ed. 144

PARKER ET AL. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. McTernan argued the cause for petitioners in No. 49. With him on the brief was Lee Pressman.

A. L. Wirin argued the cause for petitioner in No. 50. With him on the brief were Fred Okrand, Edward J. Ennis, Osmond K. Fraenkel and Arthur Garfield Hays.

Gerald G. Kelly argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Harold W. Kennedy.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by George Slaff for the Los Angeles Area Council of the American Veterans Committee; Loren Miller for the National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles and Hollywood Chapters; Samuel A. Neuburger for the Civil Rights Congress; and Thomas R. Jones for the Council on African Affairs, Inc.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In No. 49, twenty-five classified civil servants of the County of Los Angeles brought an action in the Superior Court of that County, and in No. 50, suit was brought by one such employee. The respective plaintiffs sought relief against enforcement by the County and its officials of what is colloquially known as a loyalty test, and they did so for themselves and "in a representative capacity. . . on behalf...

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